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June 12. 2007 Background: . At the behest of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), Portsmouth, HRSD and 13 other Hampton Roads jurisdictions (Localities) have developed a comprehensive & cooperative program to abate sanitary sewer over flows (SSO's) throughout the region. . This work, done under the aegis of the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission (HRPDC), consists of interrelated regional and individual locality efforts and was developed in a relatively short period of time with close consultation with DEQ. . The Regional Consent Order Package (Regional Package), detailing the regional and individual localities commitments, consists of three interrelated documents: a Special Order by Consent issued by DEQ to HRSD and the Localities, a Regional Technical Standards guide, and a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA). Discussion: . In order to keep the regional SSO compliance effort on track and to demonstrate continued "good faith" to DEQ and EPA, the Localities have collectively agreed to seek approval of the Regional Package from their governing bodies and authorize their Chief Executive officers to execute the Regional Package in June of 2007. . DEQ will then advertise the Regional Package for public comment and submit it for approval by the State Water Control Board. . If the Regional Package is significantly modified by DEQ or the Board it will be brought back to City Council for further consideration. Financial Impact: . The Sanitary Sewer System Evaluation Plan is expected to cost approximately $0.9 million, which is included in the Public Utilities Capital Improvements Budget. Future financial impacts to the City's Public Utilities Enterprise Fund may be substantial the scope and amount of which will be assessed and reported as part of the Plan. Staff Recommends: Adoption of the proposed resolution. Vision Principle: Thriving Neighborhoods and a Sense of Community. Next Steps Following Council Action: . Pending approval, the City Manager will execute the Regional Package on behalf of Portsmouth and forward it to DEQ as part of the regional localities submission. Motion by Mr. D. Smith, and seconded by Mr. R. Smith, to adopt the following resolution, and was adopted by the following vote: "RESOLUTION APPROVING A REGIONAL SANITARY SEWER PACKAGE AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A REGIONAL CONSENT ORDER AND MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT TO ASSURE CITY PARTICIPATION AND COOPERATION IN FULFILLING THE OBLIGATIONS CONTAINED THEREIN. WHEREAS, the Hampton Roads Sanitation District ("HRSD") provides sewage treatment service to the cities of Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Poquoson, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Virginia Beach, and Williamsburg; the counties of Gloucester, Isle of Wight, and York; the James City Service Authority; and the town of Smithfield. (collectively, the "Localities"); and WHEREAS, the City of Portsmouth and other Localities individually own and operate sanitary sewer collection systems, which collect sewage within their individual jurisdictional boundaries that is delivered to the HRSD system for treatment; and WHEREAS, due to pipe breaks, electrical outages, wet weather events, insufficient capacity in the collection, interceptor and treatment systems, and other factors, untreated sewage is, on occasion, discharged from various locations in the HRSD sewer system and from the Localities' sanitary sewer systems; and